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SWEET THING

By | May 1999

This sick, darkly brooding saga of evil ambition and avenged sexual abuse is one intense and oppressive, if wildly uneven, ick-fest…

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SWEET THING

Shredded skin hangs from my bones as I write this, filleted by a self-inflicted sandpaper scouring after watching Mark David's "Sweet Thing." This sick,...

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BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

This is the latest effort by influential German director Wim Wenders, whose poetic "Wings of Desire" earned him a permanent blip on the art-film...

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GET REAL

This film is ostensibly about a teenage boy coming out at high-school, but is really about the tribulations of growing up. Simon Shore's film goes out of...

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GRANDMA AND HER GHOSTS

This is a colorful, funny, and enchanting film about a young boy named Dou-Dou, and his unusual experiences while a guest of his Grandmother, a woman who...

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MEGACITIES

This partially staged documentary is a powerful glimpse into lives of extreme desperation lived on the fringes of four major cities; Bombay, New York,...

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ON THE ROPES

This film tells its story simply and well. Three youths from New York's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood attempt to use boxing as a way to get out of the...

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THIS IS MY FATHER

This is a beautifully told tale about a man's search to learn about the life of the father he never knew. James Caan gives a solid performance as an...

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A TRUE MOB STORY

This is an extremely conventional Hong Kong gangster film. While competently made, it adds nothing to the wide spectrum of much more creative and...

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WELCOME BACK, MR. MCDONALD

This is a delightfully funny film, and Woody Allen-esque in the tradition of "Bullets Over Broadway." When a young woman wins a radio drama scriptwriting...

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THE WINSLOW BOY

I was at times underwhelmed by David Mamet's latest effort as both writer and director. Adapted from the play by Terence Rattigan, the film is a slow...

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